Pulmonary function in elderly patients with diagnosis of lung cancer – an excuse for giving up surgery?

M. Franczuk, M. Chabowski, S. Wesolowski, P. Boros, T. Orlowski (Warsaw, Poland)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Congenital lung lesions and emphysema; lung cancer surgery
Session: Congenital lung lesions and emphysema; lung cancer surgery
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 2837
Disease area: Airway diseases

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M. Franczuk, M. Chabowski, S. Wesolowski, P. Boros, T. Orlowski (Warsaw, Poland). Pulmonary function in elderly patients with diagnosis of lung cancer – an excuse for giving up surgery?. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 2837

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